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A study of British office workers found that 72% of 2,000 people surveyed said they had a work wife or work husband, a term they would use to describe someone with whom they shared a close bond.
In many U.S. offices, employees have misconstrued the role work friends are meant to play in their lives—likely the result of our need for social connectivity plus the popularity of boundaryless ...
Workplace friendships lead to more cohesive work groups, more satisfied and committed employees, greater productivity, greater goal attainment, and increased positive feelings about the organization; they can make enjoyable or unenjoyable tasks more pleasant and are a factor in preventing employee turnover. [5]
IN FOCUS: In the wake of Phillip Schofield’s departure from ‘This Morning’, ITV has reportedly updated its HR policies, meaning staff now have to declare close friendships with colleagues.
In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that looks or sounds similar to a word in a given language, but differs significantly in meaning.
In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (), and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party.
False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in two languages or dialects (or letters in two alphabets) that look and/or sound similar, but differ in meaning. False cognates , by contrast, are similar words in different languages that appear to have a common historical linguistic origin (regardless of meaning) but actually do not.
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